Physalis angulata is an erect herbaceous annual plant belonging to the nightshade family Solanaceae. Its leaves are dark green and roughly oval, often with tooth shapes around the edge. The flowers are five-sided and pale yellow; the yellow-orange fruits are borne inside a balloon-like calyx. The exact native range is uncertain.[2][3][4] The species may be naturally endemic to Australia[5] or the Americas[6] or the native range may encompass both the Americas and Australia.[7][5] It is now widely distributed and naturalized in tropical and subtropical regions worldwide.
Quick Facts Scientific classification, Binomial name ...
| Physalis angulata |
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| Cutleaf groundcherry |
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Scientific classification  |
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Plantae |
| Clade: |
Tracheophytes |
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Angiosperms |
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Eudicots |
| Clade: |
Asterids |
| Order: |
Solanales |
| Family: |
Solanaceae |
| Genus: |
Physalis |
| Species: |
P. angulata |
| Binomial name |
Physalis angulata
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- Boberella angulata (L.) E.H.L.Krause
- Physalis abyssinica Nees
- Physalis angulata var. capsicifolia (Dunal) Griseb.
- Physalis angulata var. dubia Kuntze
- Physalis angulata var. lanceifolia (Nees) Waterf.
- Physalis angulata f. linkiana (Nees) Stehlé
- Physalis angulata var. linkiana (Nees) A.Gray
- Physalis angulata var. normalis Kuntze
- Physalis angulata var. pendula (Rydb.) Waterf.
- Physalis angulata f. ramosissima (Mill.) Stehlé
- Physalis angulata var. ramosissima (Mill.) O.E.Schulz
- Physalis angulata f. tenuis Hassl.
- Physalis angulata var. villosa Bonati
- Physalis arenaria Nees
- Physalis bodinieri H.Lév. & Vaniot
- Physalis capsicifolia Dunal
- Physalis ciliata Siebold & Zucc.
- Physalis cuneata Rusby
- Physalis dubia Link
- Physalis esquirolii H.Lév. & Vaniot
- Physalis fauriei H.Lév. & Vaniot
- Physalis glaberrima Colla
- Physalis hermannii Dunal
- Physalis ixocarpa Nees
- Physalis lanceifolia Nees
- Physalis linkiana Nees
- Physalis linkiana var. arenaria Dunal
- Physalis linkiana var. venosa Dunal
- Physalis margaranthoides Rusby
- Physalis micrantha Link
- Physalis minima L.
- Physalis parviflora R.Br.
- Physalis pendula Rydb.
- Physalis ramosissima Mill.
- Physalis repens Nakai
- Physalis surinamensis Miq.
- Saracha angulata M.Martens & Galeotti
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The plant produces edible fruit that can be eaten raw, cooked, jammed, etc. However, all other parts of the plant are poisonous.[8] Members of the Toba-Pilagá ethnic group of Gran Chaco traditionally eat the ripe fruits raw.[9]
Unripe raw fruits, flowers, leaves, and stems of the plant contain solanine and solanidine alkaloids that may cause poisoning if ingested by humans, cattle or horses.[10][11]
- English common names include: angular winter cherry,[12] balloon cherry,[12] cutleaf groundcherry,[12][13] gooseberry,[12] hogweed,[12] wild tomato, camapu, and occasionally other common names for the genus Physalis.
- In Spanish it is known as bolsa mullaca[14]
- In Malayalam it is known as njottanjodiyan and mottaampuli.
- In Indonesian it is known as ceplukan or ciplukan.
- In Sundanese, it is known as cecendet
- In Suriname it is known as batoto wiwiri.
- In Meru it is known as Nkabakabu.
- In Egyptian Arabic it is known as Hrankash.
- In Yoruba it is known as Koropo
- In Guarani it is known as Kamambu
"NT Flora". eflora.nt.gov.au. Retrieved 31 January 2024. "Physalis". North Carolina State University, Extension Gardener. 2023. Retrieved 23 February 2023. Rengifo-Salgado, E; Vargas-Arana, G (2013). "Physalis angulata L.(Bolsa Mullaca): a review of its traditional uses, chemistry and pharmacology". Boletín Latinoamericano y del Caribe de Plantas Medicinales y Aromáticas. 12 (5): 431–445.
